Manassas Superintendent Addresses Rumored School Division Job Cuts
School division staff said some residents believe the superintendent is recommending the elimination of some 111 jobs in Manassas City Public Schools.
Manassas City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Catherine Magouyrk said she is not recommending the eliminations of several teaching and instructional assistant positions within the division in the next fiscal year. Magouyrk and school district staff are currently working on her proposed school division budget for Fiscal Year 2014 which begins in July and ends in June 2014 and encompasses the 2013-2014 school year. Once completed, the superintendent's budget will be presented to the Manassas School Board on Feb. 26. During the budget preparation process, staff said there have been "misunderstandings and inaccuracies" in the community, especially regarding potential cuts in Manassas schools personnel. Magouyrk said she is concerned about a…
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Tim Oshiki
9:26 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
I think you still misunderstand: The term "Preliminary" means only those positions mandated/funded by the state. School administrators were tasked with evaluating positions above those funded, and decide, at the school level, if they were essential positions. The actual proposed budget calls for elimination of 12.9 school-based positions (and if I'm reading the budget correctly, only 8 of them … more ›